To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide certain alternative eligibility requirements applicable to foster care youth, and homeless youth, who are enrolled at least half-time in an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.
This bill modifies the federal food assistance program, known as SNAP (food stamps), to help foster care youth and homeless young adults afford food while in college. The legislation allows foster youth and homeless individuals ages 18 to 26 who are enrolled at least half-time in college to qualify for SNAP benefits and to receive prepared meals from their institution as part of their assistance, particularly when they live in campus housing without cooking facilities. The bill also treats these students as separate households for eligibility purposes, making it easier for them to qualify independently. The measure defines "foster care individuals" to include not only current foster youth but also young adults who aged out of the foster care system, and it incorporates the existing definition of homeless youth from another federal law. The Department of Agriculture is directed to provide technical assistance to state agencies to help implement these changes.
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